You won't find UCLA, Duke or Tulsa in this week's AP Top 25, in Tom Fornelli's power ratings or Brandon Marcello's power rankings. But entering Week 3 action, they have a home in the top 10 of a resume ranking. That's what a resume score is all about, and that's what we're offering.
Strip away efficiency, victory margin, postgame win expectancy, the eye test, talent level, preseason expectations, future projections, brand bias and a multitude of other factors that play into other ranking systems, and this is what you get. It's akin to the Wins Above Bubble or "WAB" metric popularized in college basketball over the past two seasons. Every outcome results in a score between -1 and 1 based on game location and where the opponent falls in the CBS Sports 138.
Scores are assigned based on the expected likelihood that an "average" No. 25-ranked team would win. With wins over Cal and San Diego State, UCLA is among a small group of teams that have played two top-60 opponents. The Bruins won both games, and therefore have added a couple of nice early gains to their resume score.
Duke has a road win over a top-50 Illinois team, while Tulsa knocked off a top-40 Oklahoma State. At a time when many Power Four programs still don't have a victory against another Power Four team, those results stand out. You won't see Ohio State here.
But the Buckeyes will find their way up the charts in resume score once they enter Big Ten play. Ohio State only received a -0.02 hit for losing on the road to a Texas team now ranked No. 1. The average No. 25-ranked team would only be expected to win on the road against the No. 1-ranked team roughly 2% of the time.
So, the Buckeyes are barely penalized at all for losing. Combine that with the 0.01 gain the Buckeyes received for beating No. 135 Ball State at home in Week 1, and you get a cumulative score of -0.01 for the Buckeyes. It's basically like they are starting from scratch.
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